The Department of Psychiatry at NAAC Peer team has: - A team of faculty and residents with expertise in various areas including UN and leadership training. - Offers MD in Psychiatry and observerships for foreign students. Has increased PG seats to 2. - Provides inpatient and outpatient psychiatric services with various facilities and engages in teaching, research, and community outreach. - Conducts high-quality research with many publications and awards. Ongoing projects include studies on pregnancy/Covid and rural elderly mental healthcare. - Offers counseling services to students and provides psychological support for Covid patients. Has been involved in UNICEF and WHO mental health initiatives. -

1. Welcome to NAAC Peer
team
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Department of Psychiatry

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Our team
• 1 Professor ( Past President of WAPR)
• 1 Associate Professor
• 3 Assistant Professors
• 2 Senior Residents
• 2 Clinical Psychologists
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Highlights
• 2 faculty- United Nations Trained
• 2 faculty- People Business Leadership trained
• 1 - iNEZ - international advisor
• 1- NAMS member
• 1 faculty with MRCPsych
• 3 faculty- MET trained
• MPhil & Pre-PhD Examiners and paper setting, PhD committees -
NIMHANS

4. • Programmes offered
• M.D. in Psychiatry
• Internship for Psychology graduates and postgraduates – ( 55)
• Observership for students from foreign universities
• IGNOU – geriatric module

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Our Trajectory
2012 –
Independent
department
with OP and IP
services
Hosted 5th Asia-
pacific conference
of WAPR
2014 2016 –
PG Course start -
1 seat
UN CISMU
Annual meeting
for mental
health
professionals
2018 –
Rehabilitatio
n 2030 –
WHO
technical
committee
meeting
1979
Medical
college
established
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2021 –
Aalambana
day care
services
2022 –
Increase in
PG Seats
to 2

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Infrastructure
• 40 bedded dedicated ward
• Electroconvulsive therapy room
• Transcranial direct current stimulation
facilities
• Biofeedback
• Day-care facilities
• Out patient department
• Seminar room equipped with AV aids
• Department library
• 1 research assistant for DST SATYAM
funded project
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Day care services
Female inpatient wards
Male inpatients wards

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Curricular Planning & Implementation
• Department curricular committees for UG and PG teaching
• Interdisciplinary teaching for UG and PG
• Regular seminars, Journal clubs and case conferences for PGs
• Theory lectures for UG
• Introductory subject lectures for PG
• Bedside clinics – UG and PG
• Hands on training in procedures – PGs
• Adaptation based on CBME for UGs
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PG training in Electroconvulsive
therapy (ECT)

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Innovative T-L methods
• Video based tutorials in psychopathology
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Student progression
Result analysis – PG
100% pass result in PG exams and 100% placement
Placement-
Dr Rahul Rao 2018 Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore
Dr Udayan Bhaumik 2018 Antara Hospital, Kolkata
Dr Adarsh B. 2021 Sri Siddhartha Institute of Medical Education
and Research, Nelamangala

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Research Publications including indexing & Highest impact
• Total publications - 62
• Publications in indexed journals – 49
• Book chapters - 3
• Total citations - 328
• Highest citation since 2017- 21
• Highest H index- 19
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On-going research
• DST-SATYAM Project - pregnancy and Covid - 2021,ongoing
• Cognitive, emotional and behavioural processes in the
subjective experience of chronic pain - 2021, ongoing
• Barriers and facilitators to mental health care among rural
elderly - being initiated ,2022
• TAPPY digital wellbeing app, in association with TCS -self
operated wellness activities to manage depression and
anxiety - trial to be initiated
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13. Funding agency Title Year Funding Status
DST SATYAM -
Multicentric
Effectiveness of “Pregnancy Tele Yoga Module” on stress, anxiety or
depression during COVID-19 Pandemic: a prospective, multi-centre, open-
label single-arm exploratory study.
2021 Rs 13,30,560/-
On going
UIC Illinois Chicago, USA
Digital Mental Health 2021 Rs 1,43,633/- On going
Intramural Cognitive, emotional and behavioural processes in the subjective experience
of chronic pain
2021
On going
ICMR- multi centric
Study on Awareness and Management based
Health Action using Video Intervention (SAMBHAV) for Postpartum
Depression
2022 Rs 2512280/-
Technical approval
received from ICMR
Govt of Karnataka
Assisted Home Care for persons with mental illness 2022 Rs 8470000/-
Intramural Barriers and facilitators to mental health care among rural elderly 2022
Protocol stage
TCS TAPPY digital wellbeing app, in association with TCS -self operated wellness
activities to manage depression and anxiety
2022
To be initiated

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On-going research - Undergraduates
• COVID and mental health -Ongoing
• Eating disorders in DM - ongoing
• Body image in endocrine disorders - ongoing
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National and international Awards and Recognitions –
7 in last 5 years!
2019-2022 Dr. T Murali Gálfi Béla Award
Hungarian Society of Psychosocial
Rehabilitation
2020-2021 Dr. Shailaja. B Lakshmi- Shanti Award Association of Industrial Psychiatry of India
2017-2018
Dr. Hemendra Singh
National Conference of Young
Psychiatrist Indian Psychiatry Society
2016-2017 Dr. Hemendra Singh Young Scientist Award World Psychiatry Association, Berlin
2015-2016 Dr. Hemendra Singh Dr S S Jayaram Award Indian Psychiatry Society South Zone
2015-2016 Dr Hemendra Singh Travel Award 12th World Congress of WAPR, Seoul, Korea
2016-2017 Dr Virupaksha HS Young Scientist Award World Psychiatry Association, Berlin
2016-2017 Dr. Virupaksha H S WAP International Congress Indian Council of Medical Research
2015-2016 Dr. Virupaksha H S Travel Award 12th World Congress of WAPR, Seoul, Korea
2020 Dr. Virupaksha H S Best poster award REBAMP international conference - Taiwan
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Faculty Awards and Recognitions
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Extension activities
• NGO activities by faculty- Chittadhama and Medico
Pastoral Association in Karnataka, Jyothi Nivas in
Kerala,
• Chittadhama camps- once a month
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Year Total no. of
patients seen
2017 396
2018 509
2019 796
2020 265
Dr T Murali at a camp
Patients and media coverage of a
camp PG student attending a camp

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Media engagement
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COVID
• Provide psychological support and
counselling to staff and students during
COVID – “ Ramaiahcares”
• Post COVID care clinic and research
• Psychological support for COVID inpatients
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Group Numbers
Faculty 94
Nursing Staff 127
Postgraduate
Students
78
Undergraduate
Students
83

20. National and international - ASSOCIATION AND COVID
INITIATIVES
• External consultant in UNICEF to deal
with COVID related mental health
issues.
• Part of the working group in UIC to
discuss COVID mental health initiatives.
• Part of CISMU core group to provide
psychosocial services to UN staff across
the world
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Dr Virupaksha during a UNICEF COVID discussion
online

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Geriatric mental health
• Mental health assessments and interventions
as part of geriatric clinic
• Provide psychological support to Geriatric
patients
• Community Geriatric mental health research
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Geriatric services
Year Number
of
patients
2015 506
2016 657
2017 585
2018 596
2019 335
2020 316

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Other Unique features
• Counseling and support to UG and PG students- RMC & and GEF institutions
• UN - CISMU training for non mental health professionals
• WHO - rehabilitation 2030 ( Stakeholders meeting and technical committee
meeting )
• iNEZ (Germany) - training in global mental health in Africa counties
• IISC - for research and mental health support
• NIMHANS - research and academic collaboration
• UIC in research and training
• TCS - Industry –academia collaborations
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UN - CISMU TRAINING DR STEVAN WEINE - UIC
WHO TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING HELD AT MSRMC , 2018

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Summary
• Active involvement in
training and research
• Quality health care services
• Psychological support to
students and staff of GEF
institutions
• Geriatric mental health
• Services to Transgender
Population
• Community services
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Student counselling
Chittadhama health camp

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Road Ahead
• Creating a centre of excellence in mental health
• App based services for patients and GEF institutions – 2 years
• Strengthen research in social determinants of mental health – 3 years
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Art by our patients